avclub.com - 11/24/2009
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The ’00s were a turbulent time for the comic-book business, as mainstream publishers like DC and Marvel suffered the sales declines affecting nearly all print-purveyors, while publishers of what used to be known as “alternative” comics saw some of their products hitting bestseller lists and ...
newsweek.com - 11/17/2009
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newsweek.com —
Yeah, yeah, yeah--brevity is the soul of wit,
and tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes. Not to...
take umbrage with Shakespeare, but it's more than long-windedness that kills a joke. It takes no words to dumbly smash a watermelon, or to grunt in ...
12 Comics Who Aren't Funny:Photos
cinematical.com - 12/1/2009
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cinematical.com —
Two years ago the Al Ahli Group announced
a partnership with Marvel Entertainment that would see to...
fruition a massive, cutting-edge amusement park to be built in Dubai and feature rides and exhibits tailor themed to the likes of Spider-Man, Iron ...
Check Out Concept Art From Marvel's Futuristic Theme Park
comicsalliance.com - 11/29/2009
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comicsalliance.com —
You'd think that Superman would have enough super-powers
to be getting on with, but back in the...
Silver Age, he had even more . But none of them, not Super-Ventriloquism, not Super-Hypnosis, not even the strange Amnesia Kiss that he gives to Lois Lane ...
The Most Bizarre Superpowers In Comics
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Early Buzz: Joss, waffles, Tintin, Pixies, comics and much more
Pop Candy: Top Stories & Community Feed —
... guys have already sent several funny childhood holiday photos, so keep 'em coming. If you have a retro pic you think we might enjoy, send it my way . Some headlines: - Production was temporarily halted on FlashForward to "boost the writing." (I'm way behind on this show. Should I catch up?) - The USA Network has renewed Psych . - DC Unlimited is manufacturing True Blood figurines . (Link via TV Tattle .) - The A.V. Club lists the best comics of the decade . - Watch the trailer for the new Robert Pattinson ...
Shorties (Frightened Rabbit, Ha Jin, and more)
Largehearted Boy —
... The San Antonio Current profiles David Small, author of the celebrated graphic novel Stitches.
The A.V. Club lists the best comics of the '00s.
At NPR, Alan Cheuse offers a list of winter book ...
The Onion’s Best Comics of the Decade
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... The Onion’s month-long series of looks back gets to comics with 25 Best Comics and 5 Best Archival editions. As the first official, thought out “Best of” for the Aughts of Comics, it’s a solid list, if genre heavy…NO SCOTT PILGRIM? Really???? The book that summed up the decade’s mishmash of media and influences in comics form? And… NO MANGA? That’s seriously F’d…unless there is a separate manga list. ...
Collins! What is best in comics?
THE BEAT —
... If you thought yesterday’s A.V. Club Best Comics of the Aughts list was going to tiptoe by unnoticed and uncommented on, you were wide of the mark by a fair bit. Sean T. Collins ...
Best of the Decade (2000-2009) Online Book Lists
Largehearted Boy —
The decade is winding down, and lists of the best books of the 2000s are increasingly popping up. As these lists appear online, I will daily aggregate the links in this post. If you post or see a link on a blog, newspaper, magazine, or other media site that isn't listed, please feel free to e-mail me the link or leave a comment.
Read the daily updates to this list.
17 Dots (best audiobooks)
The A.V. Club (best books)
The A.V. Club (best comics)
The A.V. Club (best short story collections)
Ange's ...
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